All Programs / Listen to the land

America's literary heritage is explored through readings of short stories, poems, folklore, journalism and legends. A profile of a nation in terms of its living language. By sharing aloud the writings of the United States, past and present, a fuller appreciation of what it means to be American can be found. The series is narrated by Richard S. Burdick.

Available Episodes

Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 200:30:00
Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 100:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 100:30:00
Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
The wonderful world of sports00:30:00
The wonderful world of sports #1800:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 200:30:00
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-09Barracks, battlefields, and birthrights, part one00:29:23
1961-01-09Barracks, battlefields, and birthrights, part two00:29:44
1960-12-02All about sports00:29:22
1960-12-01Sense and sensitivity00:29:47
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-22Of time and the seasons00:29:28
1960-11-17Sweet land of liberty00:29:42
1960-11-15Something beyond man00:29:21
1960-11-08George Washington: Man behind the statue00:29:24
1960-11-08Sampler of popular favorites00:29:02
1960-11-02Abraham Lincoln: A silhouette00:29:00
1960-10-27All about love00:29:09
1960-02-12The great American funnybone, part two00:29:37
1960-02-05The great American funnybone, part one00:29:19
1960-01-29The fine art of murder00:29:45
1960-01-22Salute to American press, part two00:29:35
1960-01-15Salute to American press, part one00:29:20
1960-01-08High iron00:29:23
1960-01-01The Congo00:29:48
Subjects
American culture; American literature; Baseball; California; Cities and towns; Early U.S. History; Ecology & the Environment; Europeans; Fiction--19th century; Gold mines and mining; Literary readings (Radio programs); Literature; National characteristics, American; News & Journalism; Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948--Fiction; Sociology; Sports; Sports journalism; Travel & Leisure; U.S. History (1900-present); U.S. Literature; U.S. Regions: The West; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; War; War stories, American; Wit and humor; World Politics; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945
Creators
Burdick, Richard S.; Keeler, James; WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributors
Adams, Bristow, 1875-1957; Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968; Arp, Bill, 1826-1903; Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945; Bene_t, Rosemary, 1900-1962; Bene_t, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943; Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?; Bishop, Jim, 1907-1987; Blumenthal, Walter Hart, 1883-1969; Bost, William Thomas, 1878-1951; Boyd, Nancy; Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978; Church, Francis Pharcellus, 1839-1906; Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900; Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962; Day, Clarence, 1874-1935; Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886; Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936; Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988; Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963; Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976; Green, Ward; Hall, W.C.; Harte, Bret, 1836-1902; Hartwell, Dickson; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961; Henry, Toni Jo, 1916-1942; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894; Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791; Isaacs, Edward, 1881-1953; James, Edwin L.; Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962; Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938; Klutz, Jerry; Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933; Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887; Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974; Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931; Lockridge, Ross, 1914-1948; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882; Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925; Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891; Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940; Marquis, Don, 1878-1937; Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950; Mellish, Joseph Charles, 1768-1823; Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913; Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957; Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971; National Educational Television and Radio Center; Nevinson, Henry Woodd, 1856-1941; O'Neill, Edward J.; Page, William Tyler, 1868-1942; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967; Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945; Ragan, Sam, 1915-1996; Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971; Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964; Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968; Streeter, Edward, 1891-1976; Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862; Thurber, James, 1894-1961; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972; Vest, George Graham, 1830-1904; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; Washington, George, 1732-1799; White, William Allen, 1868-1944; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Williams, J. H. (James Howard), 1897-1958; Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
Genres
Educational; History; Reading
Time Periods
1960-1969